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Re:Vitamin D: Potent regulator of dopaminergic neuron differ... by armatav on Sunday May 28, 2023 @04:49PM (#36107661)
Point being that ancients did not use sunscreen or anything remotely close to the formulae we have today - what we have today was roughly defined 100 years ago and has some serious consequential effects on the endocrine system and more.
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Re:Vitamin D: Potent regulator of dopaminergic neuron differ... by haldujai on Sunday May 28, 2023 @06:43PM (#36108504)
> Point being that ancients did not use sunscreen

The statement being made by others is that "ancients" applied a topical substance to protect their skin from harmful effects of the sun, most would call that sunscreen[0] but use whatever word you prefer.

> anything remotely close to the formulae we have today

No one is making this claim.

[0] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sunscree...

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Re:Vitamin D: Potent regulator of dopaminergic neuron differ... by armatav on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @01:35AM (#36121460)
The statement was about skin cancer, and the implication is that they did nothing about it.

Sunscreen is a 20th century term, and modern sunscreen as we know it came into use in the mid-20th century.

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